New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday that the city is ending its controversial program that gave illegal aliens hundreds of dollars of taxpayer money every week for food.
Adams’ office said in a statement, “As we move towards more competitive contracting for asylum seeker programs, we have chosen not to renew the emergency contract for this pilot program once the one-year term concludes.”
The move comes after President-Elect Donald Trump promised mass deportations once he takes office in January.
The program gave debit cards to illegal aliens who were living in taxpayer-funded hotels, allowing them to buy whatever kind of food they wanted.
The city gave millions of dollars to thousands of illegal aliens through the program.
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Local media reported that a typical family of four would get several hundred dollars a week to spend for food.
Elon Musk’s America PAC highlighted the news story on X, writing: “NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces end to program that gave debit cards to illegal immigrants less than 48 hours after Donald Trump’s victory.”
BREAKING: NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces end to program that gave debit cards to illegal immigrants less than 48 hours after Donald Trump’s victory
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“We obviously have to make the border strong and powerful and, and we have to — at the same time, we want people to come into our country,” Trump told NBC News on Thursday. “And you know, I’m not somebody that says, ‘No, you can’t come in.’ We want people to come in.”
On the subject of his deportation plans, Trump said: “It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not — really, we have no choice. When people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here. There is no price tag.”